Improvement in bottle-pumps



. at the lower end.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEonGE Asa/ius, or HoUGEToN, iiucnniiar.

IMPROVEMENT k1N BOTTLE-PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 65,527, dated June 1l, 1367.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE AsnUs, of Houghton, count-y of Houghton and State of Michigan, (now residing at Bonn-on-the-Rhine, Europe,) have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Pump; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists in constructing a little suction and force pump in such a manner as to be easily applied to any suitable vessel, such as cruets in a easter or sauce or bitters bottles, for the purpose of drawing therefrom,

in a convenient and secure manner, their iiuid contents, without removin g the vessels or withdrawing the stopper.

An elastic ball, A, Figure l, is tightly connected to the stopper B, through which is a vertical tube or opening, C, with a valve, K, Another opening in said stepper receives the pipe D, the valve E open ing inside the ball. In order to make the pipe l) adjustable to the varied depths of the bot-tlc it is provided with a wider tube, G, which is allowed to slide, by means of the rubber connection H, easily up or down.

A cap, Il, Fig. l, can be used to close the outer end of tube l), when required, or by prolonging the tube at the outer end, and filledl by pressing and releasing the hollow ball, it would opera-te a siphon.

In order to make the stopper fit a variety ot" vessels of different openings, a bushing or ring, L, of india-rubber, cork, or any suitable material, may be employed, the smaller diam eter of L being the same, or nearly so, as that ot' the largest of l5. i

Another inode ot' connecting the ball with the bottle is represented in Fig. 3, the valve l being in the neck lll of the ball A, while the mouth B closes tightly around the neck of the bottle C.

It is obvious that the valve E may be replaced by making a hole in the ball, which can, by pressing the same, be closed with the linger, and opened again when the ball is released.

The ball and stopper can be made of india. rubber, and the tube of glass 5 or either can be made of any other suitable material. The ball can be iliade round, as represented, or in any other ornamental shape, and colored.

The discharge-pipe D, though in most cases to be directly connected with the stopper or collar B', may be made independent of ball and closing pieces, by attaching it directly to the vessel, as represented by Fig. IV.

The valve E may be employed alone, or in combination with K. In the first case, each time the ball is pressed causes a single discharge from the pipe; but by employing the two valves, and pressing the ball quickly but gently, a continuous flow is caused. The second valve K allows the pressure of air inside the bottle or other vessel to accumulate, and, in consequence, a very small ball is suicient to work upon a vessel of considerable size, a ball of two and a halt` inches diameter being' large enough to empty the tluid from a barrel containing forty gallons in a short time, and permitting the use of discharge-pipes one-third of an inch in diameter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ont, is- A A bottle-pump, constructed and arranged. substantially as described, as an article of manufacture.

GEORGE AsMUs. rei- EMMETT QUINN, nay.

VWitnesses:

Dr. S. VOLFF, H. WoLrF, lll'. `I). 

